Logan Lewis pulled up a chair at 216 Coworking in downtown Cartersville, hit record, and did something Your Morning Drive has never done before: talked to nobody but the microphone. No guest, no co-host, just Logan riffing solo in a format he's testing out called 'Driver's Seat' - a nod to the show's name and to the idea that everyone is behind the wheel of their own life. He admits up front he's still figuring out where this lives, how often it'll run, and whether anyone even wants it. What follows is part news rant, part small-business pep talk, and part vacation recap, and it covers a lot of ground fast.
Why Data Centers Aren't Going Anywhere
Logan's first target is the internet's favorite punching bag: data centers. He's tired of the online pile-on, and he lays out his logic plainly - technology isn't slowing down, AI is accelerating, and more people are being born every day who are going to need somewhere to store their photos, apps, and subscriptions. That storage, he points out, has to live somewhere physical, 'the cloud' being just a friendlier word for a building full of servers. He uses a relatable example: that blurry old photo on your phone with the spinning loader is being pulled from a data center in real time. Without more of them, he argues, platforms like Facebook would buckle under the load. He compares the complaints to gas price griping - people say they hate it, but they keep paying for it because they need it - and lands on a blunt conclusion: 'They gotta go somewhere.' He's sympathetic to concerns about bulldozing pristine land, but notes the same critics rarely object to the next townhome neighborhood going up in its place.
The White House UFC Fight: Coincidence or Not?
Recorded the day after the USA Freedom 250 fight card was staged on the White House lawn, this segment is Logan thinking out loud - and Googling live - about optics rather than politics. He flags the coincidence of the event landing on the president's birthday, the same day a peace deal with Iran was signed, and the same day America's 250th anniversary was being celebrated. 'You're telling me all of that happened on the same day just by happenstance?' he asks, before conceding he can't prove otherwise. Curious who actually footed the bill, he searches it live on air and reads the results:
- The UFC self-funded the roughly $60 million production using private corporate money, not taxpayer funds
- Crypto.com contributed a $1 million cryptocurrency bonus pool for top fighters
- World Liberty Financial added to the event's overall fight-night bonuses
- Monster Energy, Bud Light, and Dodge Ram offset costs through sponsorship activations
He also looks up whether the event could have been held at Mar-a-Lago instead, learning on air that Trump bought the 17-acre estate in 1985 and it's been a National Historic Landmark since 1980. Logan lands on calling the whole spectacle 'embarrassing' from a world-stage standpoint - not because of who's in office, but because building a dome on the White House lawn for one night strikes him as an odd way to mark a 250th birthday. He's also surprised the Zac Brown Band, a group he assumed leaned liberal, agreed to perform the anthem. True to form, he reminds listeners at least five times that none of this is meant as a political take.
The iPhone Chip Controversy Nobody Fully Understands
Next up: the TikTok boycott chatter around the upcoming iPhone 17, fueled by claims that its chips are manufactured in Israel. Logan doesn't pretend to have a strong opinion going in, so he researches it live. He finds that Apple does have R&D facilities in Israel that help design wireless and cellular chips, and that the company acquired Q dot AI, an Israeli audio-machine-learning startup - which spawned viral misinformation on TikTok and Reddit about a supposed silent-speech surveillance system, something he confirms is false. As for actual manufacturing, he reads that Apple silicon chips are produced in Taiwan (TSMC handles over 90% of Apple's processor volume) and in Arizona. Regardless of the noise, Logan is unequivocal about his own loyalty: 'I am Apple ride or die until I die,' he says, already bracing to finance the rumored $2,000 foldable iPhone expected this fall.
Disney World, the Polynesian Resort, and Galaxy's Edge
Looking for something lighter, Logan pivots to a five-day family trip to Walt Disney World with his wife Catherine, his parents, and his siblings - the first time the family has ever stayed on Disney property. He raves about swapping the old routine (drive to a park, drive back, drive to the next one, pay for parking twice) for buses and monorails between parks on a park-hopper pass. The family stayed at the Polynesian Resort, and Logan looks up the going rate live: standard rooms run roughly $650-900 a night, theme-park-view rooms $950-1,400, and the Bora Bora bungalows anywhere from $1,600 to $3,500 a night. He and his brother built lightsabers in Galaxy's Edge at Hollywood Studios, marveling at how fully Disney commits to immersion - Star Wars-branded drinks instead of Coca-Cola, Polynesian theming down to the resort's restaurant menus and background music. His one real complaint: Disney's FastPass system, once free, now comes with paid tiers for the popular rides, which he calls a straightforward cash grab.
Networking Without the Cringe: Building 'Not Working'
Logan closes out with the origin story behind Not Working, the networking group he started as a reaction to everything he hates about traditional business mixers. He describes a recent encounter at a ribbon-cutting where a well-meaning acquaintance pitched him payroll and insurance services after Logan explicitly explained he needs neither - handing over a business card anyway, which Logan admits went straight in the trash. He contrasts that with groups like BNI, where membership fees, attendance quotas, and exclusivity rules turn networking into an obligation rather than something people actually enjoy. His model instead draws from Monday Morning Brews in Woodstock, hosted by Wendy Cone of Pacific Law Group, which he credits as proof that networking can be genuinely fun. He also gives a shoutout to the Cartersville Chamber of Commerce and director Cindy Williams for keeping that same spirit alive locally.
Listen to the Full Episode
This solo 'Driver's Seat' experiment covers a lot more territory than a typical Your Morning Drive episode, and Logan is genuinely asking listeners to weigh in on whether it should stick around. Catch the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube, and if you want more of Logan's unfiltered takes between episodes, subscribe to his free monthly newsletter at loganlewis.substack.com. Your Morning Drive records out of 216 Coworking in downtown Cartersville, Georgia, and is produced by Hammerhead Creations.
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